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    A LONG LONG LONG time ago there were three tribes called the Haida, the Inuit, and the Sioux and they were all over canada . The Sioux, Inuit, and Haida were completely different tribes in many ways, I will go over some of them but not all of them. There are subjects like where they lived, what their houses looked like. What their houses looked like. For differences, their hunting weapons, their carvings and how their houses look different. All of the tribes I will talk about lived in canada and…

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    profiling to biased sentencing, political disenfranchisement, and legalized employment discrimination” (179) to permanently marginalize black and brown people. As a result, poor whites are safe from being relegated to the “bottom of the American totem pole”…

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    Essay Did you know that the Sioux, Haida, Inuit are three of Canada’s first people? They all have more in common than you might think. The Haida, Inuit, and the Sioux all are the same and different at the same time. The tribes all hunt, speak languages, build houses and create art. Tribes Alike Even though the Haida, Inuit, and the Sioux sound different, they have a lot of things in common. The Haida, Sioux, and Inuit all hunt. The reason hunting is common among the tribes, is…

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    This poem by Shelly Hottell is one that clearly highlights the disparities in this ruling that was established to exclude prayer in the classrooms. It exemplifies the inconsistencies in the laws made that are socially affecting the youth in North American communities. It is very confusing when you tell someone especially a young person that We are One Nation Under God, yet We cannot say the name of God in public. Then, we cannot read the Bible in the classroom because it may violate the rights…

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    Inuit Tribes

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    They lived in the richest part of the high arctic and had access to trees.They used them to build permanent log-and-sod houses in which they lived mostly in the winter.They excavated a hole into the ground and set up a ring of vertical poles.The poles were tilted inwards at the top so that blocks of sod could be piled up over them and remain in place.The result was a partially subterranean log-and-sod hut with the floor below ground to preserve warmth.A fireplace provided warmth.Sometimes…

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    considered the lowest of the low and yet made it up the totem pole brings up an important discussion. The conflicting ideas of race and class actually encourage racism and ruin the lives of characters in the black bourgeoisie.…

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    to the students how they took the strategies that they gained from the course, and applied it to real-world situations in the criminal justice system. Another dilemma that I see in the system are employees wanting to progress on the leadership totem pole and sometimes, in order to gain such incentives, their decision-making process may become unethical in order to meet the needed standards. I want to ensure the students that this is not how our system operates by explaining to them that we do…

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    Little Critter Analysis

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    In the first image we see that Little Critter is vulnerable to the bully and is placed sitting on the ground (after being pushed) below the bully. The bully stands above him taking a position that Molly might describe as “top man on the totem pole”. But once Little Critter imagines himself as a superhero taking over the bully, the placements are completely different. The second image shows the bully smaller and farther away in a vulnerable position seeming “overwhelmed by the situation”.…

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    victims of the war in Iraq. Turner describes both points of view of the war, the American soldiers and the Iraqi soldiers. The Americans and the Iraqi soldiers are not explained using the same voice. In fact the Americans are described as lower on the totem pole as and further away from home than the Iraqi’s. Therefore, Turner allows this poem to be read in different ways, by describing the opposing sides of the war occurring in Iraq. Turner starts this poem with an intriguing line, “The ghosts…

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    Brazil Culture

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    believes hierarchy should be respected and all people aren’t the same, which is accepted. We know that all individuals in society aren’t equal, but the inequalities are respected. The different levels of power shows that people who are higher on the totem pole are the ones benefiting in society. For example, in Brazil they have one boss of a company…

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